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The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2023.

Andrew McGregor presents highlights from last week's event at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank. Regarded by many as the BAFTAs for classical music, the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards are classical music’s annual good news story, shining much-needed light on inspirational individuals, groups and initiatives whose music has lifted hearts and minds across the nation. The twelve categories span classical music making in all its diversity.

Chamber-Scale Composition
Bára Gísladóttir Animals of your pasture
Ben Nobuto SERENITY 2.0
Thomas Adès Alchymia

Conductor
Karina Canellakis
Martyn Brabbins
Robert Ames

Ensemble
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Ensemble 360
Manchester Collective

Impact
Awards for Young Musicians
Opera-tic – Second Movement
The Endz – The Multi-Story Orchestra

Inspiration
Bradford Festival Choral Society
Côr CF1
Torbay Symphony Orchestra
Tredegar Town Band
Ula Weber

Instrumentalist
Abel Selaocoe - cello
Adam Walker - flute
Elena Urioste - violin

Large-Scale Composition
Gavin Higgins Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra
George Lewis Minds in Flux
Joe Cutler Concerto Grosso
Rebecca Saunders To an utterance

Opera and Music Theatre
Bluebeard’s Castle – Theatre of Sound and Opera Ventures
Orfeo – Garsington Opera
Scottish Opera
The Handmaid’s Tale – English National Opera

Series and Events
Leeds Piano Trail
Oxford Lieder Festival
Ryedale Festival
Sound Festival

Singer
Anna Dennis soprano
Lise Davidsen soprano
Lucy Schaufer mezzo-soprano

Storytelling
Sound Within Sound – Kate Molleson
The Great Passion – James Runcie
Untold: Keith – Manchester Camerata

Young Artist
Nardus Williams - soprano
Tangram
Timothy Ridout - viola

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